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Proxy Statement and 2012 Annual Report


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Contents
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Shareholders' Letter
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Letter to Shareholders
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Invitation to Annual General Meeting of Transocean Ltd.
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Table of Contents
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Information about the Meeting and Voting
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Agenda Item 1. Approval of the 2012 Annual Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements of Transocean
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Agenda Item 2. Appropriation of the Available Earnings for Fiscal Year
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Agenda Item 3. Distribution of a Dividend out of General Legal Reserves From Capital Contribution (by way of a release and allocation of General Legal Reserves From Capital Contribution to Dividend Reserve From Capital Contribution)
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Agenda Item 4. Readoption of Authorized Share Capital
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Agenda Item 5. Shareholder Proposal to Repeal the Company's Staggered Board
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Agenda Item 6. Election and Reelection of Directors
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Corporate Governance
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Board Meetings and Committees
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2012 Director Compensation
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Audit Committee Report
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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
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Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers
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Compensation Discussion and Analysis
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Executive Compensation Committee Report
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Executive Compensation
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- Grants of Plan-Based Awards for 2012
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- Outstanding Equity Awards at Year-End 2012
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- Option Exercises and Shares Vested for 2012
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- Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for 2012
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- Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
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Agenda Item 7. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2013 and Reelection of Ernst & Young Ltd, Zurich, as the Company's Auditor Pursuant to the Swiss Code of Obligations for a Further One-Year Term
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- Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services
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Agenda Item 8. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation
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Other Matters
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Annexes
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Index
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Forward-Looking Information
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1. Business
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1A. Risk Factors
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1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
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3. Legal Proceedings
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5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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6. Selected Financial Data
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7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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- Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm<br>   on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
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- Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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- Report of the Statutory Auditor on the Financial Statements
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- Consolidated Statements of Operations
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- Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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- Consolidated Balance Sheets
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- Consolidated Statements of Equity
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- Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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- Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
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10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
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Signatures
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Statutory Financial Statements
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- Report of the Statutory Auditor on the Financial Statements
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- Statement of Operations
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- Balance Sheet
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- Notes to Statutory Financial Statements
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Audit Confirmation of the Statutory Auditor
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Corporate Governance Report
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